However, its never necessary to insult or degrade someone
else, just because you know more than them.

"a dangerous approach"
"What you describe is not RS232! "

Jeff, grow some skin! If the above quotes will "insult or degrade" you, you need to.

There is TWO things that WILL generate strong objections a)stating something is what it is not and defending it (just see Tonys attempts to justify his incorrect statement) - and - b) stating that something that is not safe is safe.

Neither Andy nor I want to "insult or degrade", but have experienced that warm and fuzzy objections to incorrect statements just makes them get posted again.

If you ask for help here, they assume always the answer is
spelled out in the "bible". They never consider that we have
not memorized it.
well I have not "memorized it" but do refer to it at times. Adobe has a wonderful feature called "search" and if the question relates to the UART it is not rocket science to enter UART in the search window, I definitely do not expect anyone to do what I cant which is memorizing "the bible" but I DO expect people to have an idea about what is in it and look up what they are having a problem with.

Mean people suck. lol
If I recall from my limited understanding of Stupid Monkey Shit "lol" means laughing out loud, then I have no idea what your problem is. Laughing about people being mean?. I definitely do not consider mean people a laughtng matter. Neither Andy nor I try to be "mean" and if "blunt and direct" offend you grow some skin.

Erik